Clothes-drainer.



A. 0.*DANIELS.

CLOTHES DBAINER.

APPLIUATION HLED MAR.9, 190s.

917,552. Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

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IINTED STATE@ AINA O. DANIELS, OF BELLEFOURCHE, SOUTH DAKOTA.

CLOTHES-DRAINEBJ.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AINA O. DANIELs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bellefourehe, in the county ci Butte, State oi South Dakota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Drainersand I do hereby declare the following to be a lull, clear, and exactdescription oi the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to clothes drainers and more particularly to thatclass which are designed for use in connection with a wash boiler.

In this class of clothes drainers it is neces sary to provide some meansupon the drainer for engagement with the upper edge of the wash boilerto support the drainer in raised position or in other words above thebottom of the said boiler and in this manner permit water to drain fromthe clothes, and it is in such means that the novelty of my inventionlies, I having aimed t0 provide a means for this purpose which will beei'Iectual in its operation under all conditions and will not beinterfered with by clothes within the drainer.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation ofthe drainer the same being shown within a wash boiler which latter isshown in section, the drainer being raised to draining` position, Fig. 2is a similar view in detail but of only a portion of the drainer andwash boiler the drainer being shown in i'ull lines as lowered into theboiler and in dotted lines as raised to draining position, and, Fig. 3is a detail perspective view ol a portion of one end el' the drainershowing the spring controlled hooks for engagement with the upper edgeof the wash boiler.

In the drawings there is shown a wash boiler 5 which is oi the ordinarytype and of any desired size.

The drainer embodied in my invention comprises a side wall 6 which is ofsubstan tially the same contour as the corresponding wall of the boiler5, is 'formed oi sheet metal, and is provided at each end and at itsupper edge with a handle 7. At its lower edge, the wall 6 of the draineris provided with a rim wire 8 which has two `i'unctions one of which isto strengthen the side wall and maintain its shape, and theother oiwhich is to support the hooks designed for engage- Speeieation ofLetters latent.

Patented April 6, 1909.

1908. Serial No. 420,024.

ment with the upper edge oi' the wash boiler as will be presently fullyexplained. The lower portion of the drainer is formed of strips 9 ofmetal riveted at their ends to opposite points at the lower edge oll theside 6, these strips being interseoted one by the other at the middle ofthe bottom of the device.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the drainer embodied in myinvention comprises a sheet metal upper portion and a foraminous lowerportion and it will be further understood that when the drainer issupported within the wash boiler, the upper or integral portion 6thereof will extend above the upper edge of the boiler and preventsplashing of the water from the clothes onto the stove.

The hooks heretofore mentioned will new be described. Each of the hooksis made up of a plate or strip of sheet metal which is bent at one endas at l0, loosely around the rim wire 8 at one end of the drainer, theside wall 6 of the drainer being cut away at each end as at l1 to admitof free movement of the hook upon its pivot which is the said rim wire.rihe other end of each of the plates is bent over in an outwarddirection to provide a hook as at l2. In order that each of these hooksmay have a tendency toward outward movement exerted upon. them, aresilient wire is bent at its middle to form an inverted U-shapedportion i3 which bears against the inner face of the body of thecorresponding hoolr, the end portions of the wire being coiled aroundthe rim wire S to each side of the respective hook and the wire isformed at its extreme end with eyes la which engage with small studs orprojections l5 upon the rim wire. Vifhen the drainer placed within thewash boiler, the hooks are swung to the position shown in Fig. 3 of thedrawings and when the drainer has been so inserted the bills l2 oi' thehooks will bear against the sides of the wash boiler. After the clotheshave been boiled the proper length of time and it is desired to drainthe water from them the trainer is raised er end edges of its side 6until the lower edge of its said. side is substantially in a horizon talplane with the upper edge of the corresponding wall of the wash boiler.At such time, the hooks will be sprung outwardly from the action. oftheir controlling springs 13 and will engage with the upper end edgeslifted by grasping the handle 7 at the upper i of the wash boiler, thedrainer being` in this manner supported in raised position or in otherwords above the Water level within the boiler. In order to limit thepivotal movement of the hooks when the drainer is not in use, l provideat each end of the lower or foraminous portion of the drainer, a shortstrip 16 which connects the end portions of two of the basket formingstrips 9 each of these strips 16 being` located in a vertical plane withits corresponding' hook but in a horizontal plane slightly below the rimwire 8, it being understood of course that the spring wire 13 for eachhook may force the hook upon its pivot until in engagement with thestrip or stop 16 and that further movement is prevented. Theconstruction just described, namely the provision of the strip 16, is avery desirable one for the reason that when the device is not in use,the springs are relieved of a considerable degree of tension.

A drainer comprising a body portion having;I a Wire lsecuredto andextending around its lower edge, spring-pressed hooks pivoted on theywire, spaced strips depending from said lower edge to form a foraminousbottom, and cross-strips connecting` said strips adjacent to and belowthe hooks to limit the inward' swing` thereof.

In testimony whereof, affix my signature, in 'presence of two witnesses.

AINA O. DANIELS.

`Witnesses 1 THOMAS W. LA FLEIonE, FLOYD B. TAYLOR.

